A day of history and hope: Arizona receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
“It’s a day of hope juxtaposed with the fact we have rising numbers and hospitals near capacity.” Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX) Updated: 3:33 AM MST December 15, 2020
PHOENIX The first shipment of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine arrived Monday morning in Arizona.
Maricopa County public health officials welcomed 18,000 doses of the vaccine, which were then taken to county Points of Dispensing (PODs), where health care workers will be vaccinated beginning Thursday as part of distribution Phase 1A.
“It is that little light at the end of the tunnel we’ve all been waiting for,” said Maricopa County Public Health Executive Director Marcy Flanagan.